Half Empty Or Half Full

In less than 8 months my old position at UMC as Lead Tech is once again vacant. Lokovon got himself the hook up at the County, so here's wishing him the best. How are we wishing him the best, by getting drunk how else? As today (May 3rd) is Lokovons last day at the hell known as UMC IS Department and leaving the distorted Lead Tech position we are all raising (quite a few me thinks) a glass to his freedom and better things ahead.

I am quite curious about how he's feeling about the whole gig, I know I was happy as hell when I stepped down, yet also a bit sad at leaving me crew hanging. After awhile you can easily tell yourself that they too have the option to leave (there's only like 3 senior staff left for tech) as well. Yes the competition for 'good' IT jobs in Las Vegas is really really rough, but if they at least start to look around they may find that safety net.

When our old boss (she gets the nick of Barbie, but not in the bad light but in the light that she could really do anything) was at UMC and we were all a tight knit team, things still suxed but Barbie made it totally worth being there. Pineapple Head managed to destroy everything we built in just a matter of a few months, and continues to decimate what is left of the team.

As much as we wanted to have fun and hang out with Barbie after she left, I understand why she didn't want to hang out anymore; she was out of UMC and did not want to hear about it anymore. I'm already there, but since the Missus and Sy are still there I live the life - even though I don't want to. Now with Lokovon and the other techs (Sy not included) all we have is UMC to talk about, we weren't really big time social friends, I went to a few of Lokovon's parties and even went to a flick with him and his crew of friends once. But being the married guy I don't go out too often anymore. So we just don't have alot to talk about. I'm sure we will scoop some old dirt tonight and I'll get filled in on the latest stupidity, but other than Bitsies up coming wedding Mach II; I really don't see the old crew coming together ever again.

Hopefully soon our Vegas house will be sold and I'll be off to Colorado, The Missus keeps saying that we will come back to Vegas on vacation (not if I can help it) but the chances of schedules matching up even if we did come back would be slim. It's funny how work friends and real life friends are so different, on average you spend much more time with work friends then you do with your real life friends, work friends in many cases know more about you than your R/L friends (Sy is an exclusion but I've known him for like 27 years)yet some how work friends are the easiest to walk away from. We then all become a story for our next set of work friends. Your light may change, you may be hero, dog or the most amazing person to ever do X depending on how your work friends viewed you. For me Lokovon will always be Tarts and Vicars parties, getting ripped off in the costume contest, The Freakin Frog (bar we will be drinking in to night) and last but not least the only other person who truly knew the pain of being the lead tech at UMC. Whether he likes it or not, Lokovon and I have a forever bond; the story of lead tech. As years go by both of us will stop bringing it up to new work friends, we will most likely go through a few sets of these. Soon the common bond will be nothing more than a vague memory, but that memory will spark from time to time too.

So here it is, some of the crew haven't received their really bad nick name yet, so I'm listing them out here, I guess so my memory will not fade:

Sy
Lokovon
Bitsie
TRC
Cereal Killer

There were new folks that came in later, and many others who hit the door, the above are/were the Senior crew, the folks who really made the difference at the UMC IS Department.

Cheers Mates!


You know when your sure - that no one gives a crap, - your on the right track - It's a fact
And when you believe, things are good - it's guaranteed - you're up your ass - It's a fact
Morons through the world, and it's shitty place - no one ever asked to be born - It's a fact
You know every time - you think you've got it right, your totally wrong - It's a fact
And when you really try - the efforts misapplied - or there's a catch - It's a fact
So rest assured - in knowing that - what you do - don't matter - Someone can do it - better anyways - It's a fact
When you've got a sure thing, - your sure to fuck it up - It's one thing you can count on every time - It's a fact
What can you do? - Absolutely nothing - don't even try to amount to something - It will never work and Hitler is a jerk, and soon we'll all be dead anyway - It's a fact (you suck)
In five billion years - the sun will explode - It's in the bible - It's a fact
And no one will know - that we were ever here - It's a fact - It's a fact
So rest assured in knowing - that what you do don't matter - Some one can do it better anyway - It's a fact - It's a fact!

It's A Fact - The Vandals